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Interests in Seed
Policies and
Legislation
|Agricultural production
|Higher yields
|Food security
|Quality of crop
|Cost of production
|Agri-climatic conditions
STAKEHOLDERS
Public
sector:
National
Private Public
sector- Sector:
domestic State
Farmers
Corporate
Seed
Sector:
Farmers
MNCs
Seed Progression
Genetically
Self Cross Hybrids Modified
Pollinated Pollinated
•Public
Farmers •Domestic
Public
Public Private
sector Sector •MNCs
Seed Industry: Volumes
250
200
150
Total Seed
100 Production
Private sector
50
0
Seed Industry: Details
| India – biggest seed market
| $920 million, or about Rs.5,000 crores
y Domestic $900 million, exports $20 million
| Open pollinated seed market: around $ 118 million
| Vegetable seed sector employment 7 lakhs
| Local and unidentified varieties (farmer controlled)
statistics are not known – probably 30 to 50%
| Highest seed market is cotton (80% hybrid): Rs.1870
crores
| National Seeds Corporation, 1963
| 15 State seed corporations
| 500 private seed companies
| National Seed Association of India (NSAI)
Seed Policies and Legislation
| variety development
| plant variety protection
| quality assurance
| infrastructure facilities
Seed Act
|Informal sector
• Seed propagation by farmers
• Wild seeds
|Protection of germplasm
• Patents
• Privatisation of public
properties
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